The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-09-08
LOWELL LAKE.
The Editor takes an outing and goes 10
Lowell Lake.

BY special invitation from the pro-
rietor the editor, accompanied by
oung friend, few days since visited
DWELL Lake and quaffed the 'ree~es
rom that beautiful sheet OF water anu
cd the hospitality of its GENIAL
,r,p ietor Including one of his DIM
,.,. And such a dinner! Words
mot fittingly describe it, You
lu go and see and conquer-or
ro. likely be conquered.
Is is one of the most pleasant
e.a popular summer resorts in south
err Termont, and has been full all
.t.. oh the season. Its facilities
or alignment are unsurpassed Here
40, IAN drink in the purest mountain
~, the world, and find an unsur-
pass ID scenery, upon every hand, that
.aa oe enjoyed in walking, driving or
ruWng. Here you will find one OF
,hs oldest bulying grounds in this
stcr IN, where sleep two of Stark's
uer, who died while encamped upon
d. hores of the Lake in IVY while
m ne way 10 Donninsto". Tho
... mmodore" will show you two cam
fs balls found, one by his daughter,
b. other by himself, we believe, on
sbp light of the encampment. Stark
rem ined here number of weeks,
VII q road was cut across the
"a, 1tain. Why do we call him the
s.. mmodore?" Well, you see he is
r rally of an aquatic turn, still
are no barnacles upon his hull,
o. he can shed briny tears, and
gs ID in a minute if he thought a
.,s,., woman or child ever left his
o. ters hungry. Years ago, 81
TX in seventy-nine," a company,
lor The purposes of enjoying the boat
ing facilities of the Lake, organized a
ships crew from Commodore down to
Surgeons mate and the present pro-
prietor enjoyed the distinction of be-
ing placed in command, He still re-
mains. Still the honors sit lightly
upon his shoulders. The other Off
GERS of the good old craft are all gone.
Was it true that he
''Pizened all the crew."
Yes! And he is still at it! No, not
exactly that way. The truth is he
has found out that good victuals are
cheaper than arsenic, so he is throw
ing his whole soul and diabolical pur-
poses into providing viands, rich and
rare, wherewith to stuff his guests to
utter exhaustion, then, shall we say
it? Then, his Charon, whom he
keeps under secret orders, takes them,
not across, but out on the Lake and
chucks them in. We saw in one
place, at the bottom of the Lake, a
long row of bodies. The old "Kom"
tried to make us believe that it was
the remains of a corduroy road built
by Gen. Stark when he was trying
to get back to New Hampshire to
see Molly. We told him that he
ought to get Levi to patent it. Then
he said, 81 see how it is. There's
no use in trying to accomplish any
thing by one meal, with lean. lank
country editor for a subject, but if
you'll come out here and stay week
I'll fix YOU" After this it was notice
able that he looked upon us with some
degree Of respect. He offered us a
boat wherein to take spin upon the
Lake. This we accepted, after plac-
ing the oars in Franks hands, and
did the Lake up handsomely. Then
began survey Of halls, corridors and
garrets. While Frank, our compan-
ion, who has an ornithological cast of
mind, was looking over the stuffed
birds we silently entered the Chap
lain's room. 1t had the appearance
of having long been untenanted.. A
crosier lay upon dressing table, and
over the back of a chair hung a gown !;
beside the bed was pair of sandals
and on the pillow a small crucifx. A
death like stiffness pervaded the room
and it did seem that
''The ghosts are haunting this old hull"
Reverently removing our hat we pro-
ceeded to ransack hooks, crannies and
drawers, and from one of the latter, to
our inexpressible delight, we found
an old musty manuscript. An ex-
animation revealed the fact that it
was the production of the Chaplain,
and probably his last, for it will be
seen all the rest of the crew had been
''pizened," and it is altogether likely
that the poor old "Chap" soon met
their fate and has been added to
Stark's corduroy road. But our read
ers can judge for themselves. Here is
the produc ton:
THE OLD KOMMODORE.
You ask how long I've known him?